如履薄冰
rú lu:3 bó bīng
Pinyin

Definition

如履薄冰
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rú lu:3 bó bīng
  1. lit. as if walking on thin ice (idiom)
  2. fig. to be extremely cautious
  3. to be skating on thin ice

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

如
rú
  1. 1 as
  2. 2 as if
  3. 3 such as
如今
rú jīn
  1. 1 nowadays
  2. 2 now
如何
rú hé
  1. 1 how
  2. 2 what way
  3. 3 what
如果
rú guǒ
  1. 1 if
  2. 2 in case
  3. 3 in the event that
如此
rú cǐ
  1. 1 in this way
  2. 2 so
一如既往
yī rú jì wǎng
  1. 1 just as in the past (idiom); as before
  2. 2 continuing as always
不如
bù rú
  1. 1 not equal to
  2. 2 not as good as
  3. 3 inferior to
  4. 4 it would be better to
例如
lì rú
  1. 1 for example
  2. 2 for instance
  3. 3 such as
假如
jiǎ rú
  1. 1 if
冰
bīng
  1. 1 ice
  2. 2 CL:塊|块[kuài]
  3. 3 to chill sth
  4. 4 (of an object or substance) to feel cold
  5. 5 (of a person) cold
  6. 6 unfriendly
  7. 7 (slang) methamphetamine
冰冷
bīng lěng
  1. 1 ice-cold
冰冻
bīng dòng
  1. 1 to freeze
冰块
bīng kuài
  1. 1 ice cube
  2. 2 ice chunk
冰山
bīng shān
  1. 1 iceberg
  2. 2 CL:座[zuò]
冰凉
bīng liáng
  1. 1 ice-cold
冰淇淋
bīng qí lín
  1. 1 ice cream
冰激凌
bīng jī líng
  1. 1 ice cream
冰箱
bīng xiāng
  1. 1 icebox
  2. 2 freezer cabinet
  3. 3 refrigerator
  4. 4 CL:臺|台[tái],個|个[gè]
冰糖
bīng táng
  1. 1 crystal sugar
  2. 2 rock candy
冰雪
bīng xuě
  1. 1 ice and snow

Idioms (20)

一如既往
yī rú jì wǎng
  1. 1 just as in the past (idiom); as before
  2. 2 continuing as always
一日不见，如隔三秋
yī rì bù jiàn , rú gé sān qiū
  1. 1 one day apart seems like three years (idiom)
一清如水
yī qīng rú shuǐ
  1. 1 lit. as clear as water (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of officials etc) honest and incorruptible
了如指掌
liǎo rú zhǐ zhǎng
  1. 1 to know sth like the back of one's hand (idiom)
  2. 2 to know (a person, a place etc) inside out
人生如梦
rén shēng rú mèng
  1. 1 life is but a dream (idiom)
人生如朝露
rén shēng rú zhāo lù
  1. 1 human life as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
伴君如伴虎
bàn jūn rú bàn hǔ
  1. 1 being close to the sovereign can be as perilous as lying with a tiger (idiom)
但愿如此
dàn yuàn rú cǐ
  1. 1 if only it were so
  2. 2 I hope so (idiom)
依然如故
yī rán rú gù
  1. 1 back to where we were (idiom); absolutely no improvement
  2. 2 Things haven't changed at all.
倘能如此
tǎng néng rú cǐ
  1. 1 if it is possible (idiom)
俨如白昼
yǎn rú bái zhòu
  1. 1 as bright as daylight (idiom)
兵败如山倒
bīng bài rú shān dǎo
  1. 1 troops in defeat like a landslide (idiom); a beaten army in total collapse
冰冻三尺，非一日之寒
bīng dòng sān chǐ , fēi yī rì zhī hán
  1. 1 three feet of ice does not form in a single day (idiom); Rome wasn't built in a day
冰壶秋月
bīng hú qiū yuè
  1. 1 jade ice jug and autumn moon (idiom, from poem by Song writer Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡); fig. spotless white and pure
  2. 2 flawless person
冰清玉洁
bīng qīng yù jié
  1. 1 clear as ice and clean as jade (idiom); spotless
  2. 2 irreproachable
  3. 3 incorruptible
冰炭不言，冷热自明
bīng tàn bù yán , lěng rè zì míng
  1. 1 ice or coals, whether hot or cold goes without saying (idiom); fig. sincerity is not expressed in words
冰雪聪明
bīng xuě cōng ming
  1. 1 exceptionally intelligent (idiom)
冷若冰霜
lěng ruò bīng shuāng
  1. 1 as cold as ice and frost (idiom, usually of woman); icy manner
  2. 2 frigid
冷语冰人
lěng yǔ bīng rén
  1. 1 to offend people with unkind remarks (idiom)
刻薄寡恩
kè bó guǎ ēn
  1. 1 harsh and merciless (idiom)

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